The Most Important Office, And The One

... Fear Breeds Repression; That Repression Breeds Hate; That Hate Menaces Stable Government; That The Path Of Safety Lies In The Opportunity To Discuss Freely Supposed Grievances And Proposed Remedies; And That The Fitting Remedy For Evil Counsels Is Good Ones.

No System Of Regulation Can Safely Be Substituted For The Operation Of Individual Liberty As Expressed In Competition.

No Danger Flowing From Speech Can Be Deemed Clear And Present Unless The Incidence Of The Evil Apprehended Is So Imminent That It May Befall Before There Is An Opportunity For Full Discussion. Only An Emergency Can Justify Repression.

Behind Every Argument Is Someone's Ignorance.

Experience Should Teach Us To Be Most On Our Guard To Protect Liberty When The Government's Purposes Are Beneficent. Men Born To Freedom Are Naturally Alert To Repel Invasion Of Their Liberty By Evil-minded Rulers. The Greatest Dangers To Liberty Lurk In The Insidious Encroachment By Men Of Zeal, Well Meaning But Without Understanding.